STUDIO JENS PRAET /
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CLOSED ( SINCE 2017 ) *
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STUDIO JENS PRAET WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2007 IN SAN GIMIGNANO, A BEAUTIFUL MEDIEVAL TOWN NEAR SIENA IN ITALY, AND RUN BY BELGIAN DESIGNER JENS PRAET UNTIL HE TOOK ON THE ROLE AS CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF GALLERIA J, A JEWELLERY, FASHION, ART & DESIGN STORE, IN 2017.
JENS STUDIED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IN FLORENCE AND ATTENDED THE MASTER CLASSES AT THE RENOWNED DESIGN ACADEMY IN EINDHOVEN UNDER DROOG DESIGN’S CO-FOUNDER GIJS BAKKER.
STUDIO JENS PRAET'S WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED AT IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL VENUES AND HAS BEEN FEATURED IN MANY MAJOR DESIGN PUBLICATIONS AND NEWSPAPER WORLD-WIDE.
PRAET'S SHREDDED SIDE TABLE IS PART OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART IN PITTSBURGH AND THE MINT MUSEUM IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
* SINCE 2017, JENS IS FULL-TIME OCCUPIED AS CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF GALLERIA J, A COMPANY HE FOUNDED TOGETHER WITH HIS FAMILY IN 2011. AS PART OF HIS ‘NEW’ ROLE AT GALLERIA J, JENS OVERLOOKS THE DESIGN PROCESS OF ALL NEW JEWELLERY AND DESIGN ARTEFACTS CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR ITS STORE IN SAN GIMIGNANO, ITALY.
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MORE INFORMATION /
SOLO EXHIBITIONS /
2014 /
SUBSTANCE - SEBASTIAN + BARQUET (NEW YORK CITY)
2013 /
SHREDDED - DESIGN DAYS DUBAI (DUBAI)
2012 /
FOSSILIZED 2.0 - INDUSTRY GALLERY (LOS ANGELES)
2011 /
FOSSILIZED 1.0 - INDUSTRY GALLERY (WASHINGTON DC)
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS /
2018 /
PALM SPRINGS MODERNISM, WITH OCULUS GALLERY (PALM SPRINGS)
2017 /
AQUA ART MIAMI, WITH INDUSTRY GALLERY (MIAMI)
2016 /
FOG ART + DESIGN 2016, WITH INDUSTRY GALLERY (SAN FRANCISCO)
2015 /
FOG ART + DESIGN 2015, WITH INDUSTRY GALLERY (SAN FRANCISCO)
UNREASONABLE! OBJECTS OF DESIRE, LA GALERIE NATIONALE (DUBAI)
2014 /
AQUA ART MIAMI, WITH INDUSTRY GALLERY (MIAMI)
OBJECT ROTTERDAM, WITH INDUSTRY GALLERY (ROTTERDAM)
DESIGN DAYS DUBAI, WITH INDUSTRY GALLERY (DUBAI)
2013 /
THE ARTISTIC FURNITURE, L’ESPACE 71 (SEOUL)
RE THINK DESIGN CYCLE, FINE FURNITURE GALLERY (BERLIN)
GROUP OF EIGHT, INDUSTRY GALLERY (LOS ANGELES)
GWANGJU DESIGN BIENNALE (GWANGJU - SOUTH KOREA)
DESIGN DAYS DUBAI, WITH INDUSTRY GALLERY (DUBAI)
2012 /
DESIGN MIAMI, WITH INDUSTRY GALLERY (MIAMI)
THE TABLES OF PLUSDESIGN, PLUSDESIGN GALLERY (MILANO)
USE IT AGAIN, AMPELHAUS ( ORANIENBAUM - GERMANY )
2011 /
THE EXCEPTIONAL TODAY - CORCORAN MUSEUM (WASHINGTON DC)
100% DESIGN, LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL (LONDON)
DESIGN SATURDAY, ROBERT TANDBERG (OSLO)
HABITARE, HELSINKI DESIGN WEEK (HELSINKI)
PARIS DESIGN WEEK, CITE DE LA MODE (PARIS)
MEET MY PROJECT, L’OBERSATOIRE DU BHV (PARIS)
CONTAIN, MAINTAIN, SUSTAIN, ARTISPHERE (ARLINGTON - USA)
PLUSDESIGN 2011, PLUSDESIGN GALLERY (MILANO)
THE ARMORY SHOW, PIER 94 (NEW YORK CITY)
NORWAY NOW, CLARION HOTEL SIGN (STOCKHOLM)
2010 /
UTFORMASJON, GALLERY ROM (OSLO)
TRANSPARENCY, VENTURA LAMBRATE (MILANO)
2009 /
RADOSTAR AIRBAGS, AUDITORIUM ARDITI (GENEVE)
2008 /
TOUCH, PANTALOON (OSAKA)
DROOG NEW YORK, DROOG NY (NEW YORK CITY)
VIA MILANO NEW DUTCH DESIGN, RAI (AMSTERDAM)
DROOG NOW, GALLERY HAPPA (TOKYO)
YAMAZONIA, GALLERIA CARDI (MILANO)
A TOUCH OF GREEN, DROOG DESIGN (MILANO)
2007 /
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK, EATDRINKDESIGN (EINDHOVEN)
SMART DECO 2, DROOG DESIGN (MILANO)
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LECTURES, LIVE PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS /
2016 /
DESIGN LAB WORKSHOP - WORKSHOP - MINT MUSEUM (CHARLOTTE NC - USA)
VISITING DESIGNER TALK / LECTURE - MINT MUSEUM (CHARLOTTE NC - USA)
2013 /
SHREDDED - LIVE PERFORMANCE - DESIGN DAYS DUBAI (DUBAI)
SHREDDED WARE - WORKSHOP - DESIGN DAYS DUBAI (DUBAI)
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MUSEUM COLLECTIONS /
2014 /
MINT MUSEUM OF ART (CHARLOTTE - NORTH CAROLINA - USA)
2012 /
CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART (PITTSBURGH - USA)
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AWARDS /
2015 /
BO BEDRE DESIGNPRISE (FINALIST)
2012 /
100 NORWEGIAN DESIGN ICONS (WINNER)
BO BEDRE DESIGNPRISE (FINALIST)
DESIGNPRISEN TECHNOPORT (FINALIST)
2011 /
100% NORWAY (WINNER)
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REPRESENTED BY /
GALLERIA J (SAN GIMIGNANO - ITALY)
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